‘Shayne Hull: Politicians 
And Flesh’

Artist Shayne Hull once told me that he didn’t paint portraits — he did faces. And, yes, there is a difference. One glance at his current show tells you that. It’s divided into sections; half of the exhibition features current political headliners drawn in pastel on panel. The White House would not approve, as they are satirical and largely unbecoming. The rest are oil paintings featuring Hull’s “continuing fascination with body trauma, distortion, corporeal mass and flesh, and things coming from or going into mouths.” A reception is on Friday, July 20 from 6 to 9 p.m.

THROUGH AUG. 11

Swanson Contemporary
Free
638 E. Market St.
http://swansoncontemporary.com

About the Author

‘Shayne Hull: Politicians 
And Flesh’

Jo Anne Triplett is the contributing visual arts editor at LEO Weekly. She’s a past member of the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Public Art, was the content advisor on the Glassworks Building video, and has written for Louisville Magazine, Kentucky Homes and Gardens and the national publication Glass Craftsman. Jo Anne came to Louisville from Washington, D.C. where she worked as a researcher and writer for the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

 

 

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